Rayford Lee Cresswell

Memorial services for Mr. Rayford Lee Cresswell, 70, of Leesburg, Ga., will be Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 2 p. m., at Mathews Funeral Home, with Rev. Tony Haefs officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Cresswell died Friday, March 23, 2012, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga.

Mr. Cresswell was a native of Montana and a Leesburg resident for 43 years. He was the owner and operator of Cresswell Heating and Air Conditioning.

Mr. Cresswell is preceded in death by his father, Rayford Collins Cresswell; and two brothers, Greg and Brent Cresswell. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the American Cancer Society.

Survivors include his, mother, Olive Reed Watson of Havre; a son, Brian Cresswell, and his wife, Sherri of Arlington, Ga; his daughter, Sherry New of Lawrenceville, Ga. ; his companion, Joyce Cresswell of Leesburg; stepchildren, Valerie (Andy) Ransom of Douglasville, Ga., Randy (Shannon) Hall of Loxley, Ala., and Carmen (Colby) Wiggins of Leesburg; 14 grandchildren; three brothers, Roger, Lannie and Jim Cresswell; and three sisters, Millie Wiers, Marsha Wickum and Laura Ritter.

To sign our online registry or to send condolences to the family, you may visit Mathews' website at http://www.mathewsfuneralhome.com.